Written Question·Home Office·UIN 119881

Crime: Rural Areas

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist PartyStrangford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support police forces in addressing rural crime.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Our police reforms will end the postcode lottery of provision by setting central targets, increasing transparency so people can see how their force is performing, and taking robust action where forces are not performing.With our Neighbourhood Policing Gua...

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